Bottle shelf and locker.



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BOTTLE SHELF AND LOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6.1915.

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BOTTLE SHELF AND LOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6. 1915.

Patented J My 11, 1916.

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ElVIIL CHRISTENSEN, or P RT LAND, OREGON.

BOTTLE SHELF AND LOCKER.

Application fi1ed July 6, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL CHRISTENSEN, a citizen of the United States,resident of Portland, county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Shelves andLockers, of which the following is a specification.

In delivering milk it has been customary for the milkman to place thefull bottle on the door step or window ledge, where it can be easilystolen or broken.

The object of my invention is to provide a support for the full bottleinto which it can be easily thrust and be secured locked until the dooror window is opened.

A further object is to provide a locking support which will not requirethe use of a key to release the bottle.

A further object is to provide a shelf which is adapted for supportingan empty bottle.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detaileddescription.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figurel is an elevation, illustrating the application of my invention to thestile of a door, Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the same, Fig. 3 is asectional view, showing the device mounted on the casing of a doorinstead of on the door itself, Fig. 4 is a view, corresponding to Fig.1, showing the device mounted on the frame of a window, Fig. 5 isa'bottom view of the locker, Fig. 6 is a sectional view through thesame, Fig. 7 is an end elevation, looking to an opening through whichthe bottle is removed.

In the drawing, 2 represents adoor casing and 3 a door.

4 is a shelf, having upright flanges 5 provided with holes 6 therein onone side to receive screws 7 or other fastening means for securing theshelf to the door stile. The shelf 4 is flat and of sufficient size toallow a milk bottle to be placed thereon. On the underside of the shelfis a hanger 8, U- shaped, substantially, in form, having slots 9 toreceive lugs 10 provided on the underside of the shelf and preferablypunched or pressed therefrom. This hanger is open at one side and hasflanged lower edges 11. These edges are inwardly turned and haverecesses 12 therein, forming an incomplete circular opening adapted toreceive the rounded head 18 of a milk bottle 14:. Suit- Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1916.

Serial No. 38,288.

able locking means, such as coiled springs 15, are secured at 16 totheflanges 11 and bridge the recess 12 in the path of the head of thebottle, sufficient space being provided above these springs to allowthem to be forced upwardly under the pressure of the bottle head andseparated sufliciently for the bottle head to slip between them, asindicated in Fig. 8, the outwardly flaring contour of the walls of thehanger providing suflicient space to receive the springs when they areforced upwardly by the pressure of the bottle. Then the bottle head hasbeen raised to a point above the springs, they will snap back again to ahorizontal position under the bottle head and it will be securelylocked, downward pull only serving to press the springs against thedepending flange and eifectually resisting any attempt to remove thebottle. The opening in the hanger allows the bottle to be pulled outhorizontally, but this opening is not exposed until the door, as shownin Figs. 2 and 3, is opened, or the window illustrated in Fig. 4 israised. Therefore, if the milkman inserts the head of the bottle intothe hanger until the springs snap in under against the bottle neck, itwill be impossible for the milk or cream to be stolen and it cannot beremoved without breaking the bottle until the house door or window isopened. At such time the bottle can be easily and quickly removed fromits support.

I do not wish to be confined to the means shown for locking the bottlein the hanger, or to the construction of the hanger itself, as invarious ways it may be modified with out departing from my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A milk bottle lock having means for securing it in the angle of awindow or door casing and provided with inwardly inclined walls with anopening between them adapted. to receive the neck of a bottle, coilsprings secured to said walls and partially bridging said opening andadapted to be thrust upwardly when the neck of the bottle is pushedtherein, said springs snapping downwardly under the enlarged portion ofthe neck for looking it in its support, said walls limiting the downwardmovement of said springs and having an opening on one side through whichthe bottle maybe removed horizon tally when the opening is exposed bythe opening of the door or window.

2. A bottle lock having means for secur ing it in the angle of -a windowor door casing and provided with flaring walls with 7 an opening betweenthem to receive the neck a bottle is' pushed between them, said springsengaging the enlarged portion of the neck for locking it in its supportand .held against downward springing movement to release said neck, saidWalls having an opening on one side through which the bottle may beremoved when the passage is exposed by the opening of the door orwindow.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 28 day of June1915.

EMIL CHRISTENSEN.

Witnesses:

W. B. LIVINGSTON, A. W. LIVINGSTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

